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andrewsarchus

andrewsarchus noun: an extinct mammal, of genus †Andrewsarchus, from the Eocene epoch.

Noun

andrewsarchus (plural andrewsarchuses)

  1. An extinct mammal, of genus †Andrewsarchus, from the Eocene epoch.
    • We know that they're not pigs, some scientists think they're related to hippos, and others the andrewsarchus.2016, Theo Fischer, The Forgotten Monsters of Prehistory, page 55

andrewsarchus meaning in Tamil and Arabic

andrewsarchus in Tamil

மீ ஊனுண்ணி

andrewsarchus in Arabic

prehistoric mammal
أندروساركوس

Forms of andrewsarchus

pluralandrewsarchuses

Origin of andrewsarchus

Named after palaeontologist Roy Chapman Andrews.

Questions about andrewsarchus

What does andrewsarchus mean?
Andrewsarchus means an extinct mammal, of genus †Andrewsarchus, from the Eocene epoch.
What is andrewsarchus in Tamil?
Andrewsarchus in Tamil is மீ ஊனுண்ணி. See Andrewsarchus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is andrewsarchus?
Andrewsarchus is a noun.
What is the plural of andrewsarchus?
The plural of andrewsarchus is andrewsarchuses.

Words near andrewsarchus in the dictionary

  1. Andrewmas
  2. Andrews
  3. Andrews County
  4. Andrews' beaked whale
  5. Andrews' beaked whales
  6. andrewsarchus
  7. andrewsarchuses
  8. Andrewses
  9. andrewsite
  10. Andrey
  11. Andria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: andrewsarchus (page history and authors); andrewsarchus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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